4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Dicker \Dick"er\, n. [Also daker, dakir; akin to Icel. dekr, Dan. deger, G. decher; all prob. from LL. dacra, dacrum, the number ten, akin to L. decuria a division consisting of ten, fr. decem ten. See {Ten}.] 1. The number or quantity of ten, particularly ten hides or skins; a dakir; as, a dicker of gloves. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A dicker of cowhides. --Heywood. [1913 Webster] 2. A chaffering, barter, or exchange, of small wares; as, to make a dicker. [U.S.] [1913 Webster] For peddling dicker, not for honest sales. --Whittier. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Dicker \Dick"er\, v. i. & t. To negotiate a dicker; to barter. [U.S.] "Ready to dicker. and to swap." --Cooper. Dickey From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: dicker v : negotiate the terms of an exchange; "We bargained for a beautiful rug in the bazaar" [syn: {bargain}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 19 Moby Thesaurus words for "dicker": bargain, barter, beat down, bid, bid for, chaffer, cheapen, deal, drive a bargain, haggle, higgle, huckster, jew down, negotiate, negotiation, outbid, palter, trade, underbid
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